Game apparatus.



J. MAcCURMACK.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, I916.

1,259,888. Patented Mar. 19,1913.

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'- 7 INVENTOR Q Jo/bljy 6 ormaaly Y BY W ATTORNEY JOHN MACCORMACK; 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed September 25, 1916. Serial No. 122,138.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JOHN MACConuAc a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification. My invention relates to a ga e apparatus and a prime desiderntum is to provide one embodyin a principle nd ajljytihg it fotf'th'e pleasure and amusement of 6th young And old 'and to embodiment in toy form If desire The objects are to provide the game hppartii'sitith it depository for disposition at an angle we bond over which projectiles we howled or propelled tws'lrd the depo iy x a h e 'i ti je' llid p me: it ti depositor when I gravit is Qbting Witlithe "'t'ea't'esti" or'ce, to deflect; ,th roj ecltile froin ts {eo'ueee or trim entity? fto" {Etude :pi'ojefe tilefieiieifi ih kets" 1h 11th j,depdsitoryland the ptibkts-ptfefliblyfin siz es; .o awareness emer' dii'fii? lodge e em, i i f e 11; ef rm e ii-11?? p wn b ed th'f iif ifleiedgik; p ewiuetw e-as we lili jgi b'px wing "t he".t le150sitorjfi ldhfly pivgtee merw efla twil g t;- u sis; ding ange thereowehgzigeii By a fpl dllbl strut or port fort edepos'itoi'yt w the c epository in an inclinedlisb lt io and to proride at 'tleppsitory, itssniifiort tin d the i503 as"l7i"-foldnble 'striitnrel f fl h i I -With the abov 'a'nd additional objects, such as will hereinafter anp git, in rietr, the invention hasbeen em'bqdie in one form ts illu's'tigitd'iii aecampenymg drawings de'sciibed he'i-einafter. f

In said draiwiiigsz W Figure 1 isa longitiidinnl 'sertinnel new of the ame appargitns" showing severe! projectiles lodged in the depository;

Fig. 2 is a top or, plantieivoi the; ame apmi'iatiis, and i Mi Fig. 3 a plan iriekv of a. score sheet which may he hsedy '7 f Referringsfiecifically to the drawin 5, wherein like reference chhracters desiqnate like or similar parts, the game is nlnverl with the aid of suitable project les like b'lll indicated at 4 which are marmallv propeller] toward a depository 5 over an nllev or way 6 defining the trajectory. In the drawings. I have shown the game apparatus as a toy but a limitation in this respect is not to be implied since, an alley maybe used such as that employed for the game of ten pins. In the present instance, however, the alley, 6 is formed of a box, which may be of pasteboard, and which is bendable intermediate its edges along the clotted lines 7 so ,as to permit foldingof. the apparatus into cornpact form. It wil be noted that-an upstanding flange S is provided at one end and partly at the sides of the board 6 .Wh,i 1evnn iipst anding' flange 9 isiprovid ed at theqther end and partly atthe ;s'i,des of board t}. lt. is to be noted that Whentheparts ere tolded e? g i e t e fl e fi s i i-ti'msd coi wit in th'flime 83 d fi cili a e fqlding, me we ti ti d at =0 e e m d e eih flan e i pei dfi aniline Jl'ESF- =o in t 'i s e e iter ewef re -.idiseeei en gng'le esillpstrated lnnt e r ngs ii riseeiis reenhe 95 ensues Jeep;- 1

, (metersiiiteb e str or sl nnortjsmco- Vided t tl'hein t hiiieed'or niycted atillt to he r fntfl J 1 end 'a't 'itslntlien end heinq eilofitedto iiintjheiflangeitl at thereg r end i 'I" Q; i l :iniii 'Plii e 127s; brorided ir th e suita le numher of nocl rets T8 in e for": o ii nny da i' e e s in ent y? e r i sten be ls 4 rfiiiv be, p qbel ed. These meetings ,or fiockets'difl'eif in size En ej'dmip so ltb' t, moxie cnlt' tn lodge he v oi ct is y in cer ain e si e; th n, it i inwhm. L ammonia II Il QS max .be, p e.- i iserl imde 'w'h ch he name i nlqyed ho it is nref n t t fli scor for the nr iectil s en terim th Pockets l ivon ase PC- cnrd n g tn hr nio rh at d itieultv' nsy'allv r ficmw p l in hlfiCl"Q' the nroipr't les nin. 'Fo in ta ce the c tr l o smal est onen no' s h n meral nl r-e'l nnnneitg it to indicate that a score of 25 will he warns bte e' st t f??? a i e? wi s, age lth beersllfi tb i ii e rg? ri ei zbee n iimk is rig.

counted for a projectile entering such pocket. It is also easier to lodge the projectiles in the lowermost pockets than in the uppermost pockets and therefore the score for projectiles entering the lowermost pockets is 5 as indicated and for the uppermost pockets is as indicated. The pockets at the top and bottom are greatly superior in size to the central pocket and this is for 10 the additional purpose of readily accommodating two or more projectiles in the marginal pockets so that if two or more projectiles do enter the same pocket, the player may be penalized according to the rules of t5 the game; for instance to the extent that no score is to be counted as a result.

As the form of apparatus illustrated is sold, the depository is packed flat and intermediate the sections of the box. The box is first opened so as to be in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 after which the depository is swung. u wardly to the inclined position shown an'c strut or support 16 placed in engagement with flange to brace it. :fTh'players, of the number. and accordihg totlpe rules of the game, may then manmay p opel the projectiles or balls 4 along the board ,6 which in their trajectory may sli'tle ti 'w ardly on theinclined late Hand 80 e'iit'e'r" e.'phckets l8iwhieh' willcount or absentee-arcing to the rules of the 'ame. A1110?sliitiPoliefscore sh'eetginay be use for instiifie'that illustrated Fig; 2} and which IcbntEgiYi {five blahkgfram'es iii which each Pittiaydndicat'e his score. :lhis sheet 15,! hb'ivi'F'merely'by way of; suggestion as am stiit'able ones. will js' illice, j ilt Y tolpe understood 't'iiat"changes may be re orted to 'within the spirit and scope 4o of ftlie iiivention and es 'eciall the game apparfitits iscapable of' is'e'ot crthan us stay as}h'ereinbefore stated, fitsiiotild' also benotd that in laying the game, fire balls are used, while ve pockets are'provided in the plate or depositoryand in "gounting' the game, five frames or boxes are 'used instead of ten as in the games of tenpins'ancl (luckpins' ,.The numerical values of thpcckts are alsoindicated by the numer 1 five or. factors thereof, and the game is. therefore, known as Fives.

1. A game apparatus comprising a base havingpa'rallel flanged sides, a projectile depository arranged within said base at one endjand extentling entirely across the same, said depository being supported at an angle against'one end of the base and having a double wall with pockets therein of varying size.

2. A ame apparatus to be played with five pro ectiles in the form of balls. comprising a base disposed on a horizontal plane and having arallel side and end flanges,

a pro ectile epository pivoted to the base being sea as? lte ste mptlat a between the side flanges adjacent one of the end flanges, said depository having spaced walls with five projectile receiviu pockets in the foremost wall, one of said pockets being smaller than the others and arranged equi-distantly between the latter to accommodate only one ball, the other of said pockets being sutiiciently large to accommodate two of said balls.

3. A game apparatus to be played with five projectiles in the form of balls. comprising a base dis osed on a horizontal plane and having paral e1 side and end flanges, a projectile depository pivoted to the base between the side flanges adjacent one of the an end flanges, said depository having spaced walls with five projectile receiving pockets in the foremost 'Wall, one of said pockets being smaller than the others and arranged equi-distantly between the latterttojaccommodate only one ball, the other of said pockets being suflicientlynlarge to accommodate two of said balls; and means for foldably supporting said depository. V g A game a pparatusto beplayed avith five pro ectiles in the zform of ba ls,. cornprismg a base disposed, on athorizo'ntaltplane and havin pa'tfall e l sitle'and endnilan ges, a

projectile. epgfsitpry pivoted att ishise 'beltween fi d' seesawmat-ma. th as a pa tenrl s spa sii ,.'i..| )ui uht P eii J -RJ i sise in Packet e r man X81132 9 of i ap et being smaller't ;t he others and arrahged I g 1 l I I m e on y. ne b t}, t h ref Enamel a zqr a nie iinatai new. i. d o y the. qiacs t d fl ss abniw the depositoryiii an inclined posit'on -relatiye to the base ail 1 be folded agali n tg he 'b ase, y

5. A game app 'atu's to be played with five pro ectiles int storm ofballgcomprismg a base disposcdop a horizontal plane and having par'a llel 's de and;end, flanges, a pro eetile deposito ry pivoted t .the base between the sided fianges adjacent pne of the end flanges, said depository having spaced walls with five .pr'ojectiie receiving pockets in the'foremost wall, onevoft said pockets being smaller than the others and arranged equi-distantlynbetwen the latter to accommodate fonl'y one ball, the other of i said pockets bein sufficiently large to 0.0- commodate two 0 said ,balls, a strut bet-Ween the depository, the adjacent end flange to brace the depository in an inclined osition relative to the base and to permit the same to be folded against the base, said base being adapted to be folded to inclose the depository strut, and balls used in the game.

6. A game apparatus including a projectile depository, said depository having a plate projecting beyond one side edge, a

to permit the same to of the sections, a support extending from said receptacle in engagement with one of said flanges, a plate for said receptacle having a projectile-receiving pocket, and said plate extending beyond one side of the re ceptacle and being pivoted at the edge beyond said receptacle to one of said sections.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN MACCORMACK.

board, the projecting portion (if'said plate engaging said board, and the bottomedge of said depository adjacent said projectingportion also engaging said board, whereby the depository is maintained in a position at an angle to the trajectory.

7. A game apparatus including a board, said board having foldable sections. one section having a marginal flange, the other section having a marginal flange for disposition within the first mentioned marginal flange, a projectile depository havin a receptacle with an edge engageable with one Witnesses:

JOHN E. BURCH, CHARLES F. \Vmcox.

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